reunion.
Whitaker in silhouette.
One of the votes that got President Obama to the White House was cast by Eugene Allen.
About the Authors
Photo by Julia Ewan
Wil Haygood is a prizewinning writer for the Washington Post. A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, he has written five nonfiction books, among them acclaimed biographies of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Sammy Davis Jr., and Sugar Ray Robinson. In 2013 he received the Ella Baker Award from the Zora Neale Hurston–Richard Wright Literary Foundation and received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Haygood resides in Washington, DC, where, in 2008, he first met White House butler Eugene Allen. Haygood is an associate producer of The Butler.
Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels is perhaps best known for his prizewinning film Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire, which received six nominations including best picture, winning in the categories of actress in a supporting role and writing (adapted screenplay). Daniels also produced the Oscar-winning Monster’s Ball and directed Shadowboxer and The Paperboy.
A LSO BY W IL H AYGOOD
Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson
King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.
Two on the River (photographs by Stan Grossfeld)
The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story
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Jacket photograph courtesy of The Weinstein Company
Personal photos of the Allen family courtesy of Charles Allen.
Production and set photos from Lee Daniels’ The Butler courtesy of Pamela Williams Productions.
Photograph of President Dwight D. Eisenhower courtesy of Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum.
Photograph of President John F. Kennedy courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.
Photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson courtesy of Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Photograph of President Richard M. Nixon courtesy of Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
Photograph of President Ronald Reagan courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Photograph of President Barack Obama courtesy of The White House.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for.
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ISBN 978-1-4767-5327-0 (ebook)
Whitaker in silhouette.
One of the votes that got President Obama to the White House was cast by Eugene Allen.
About the Authors
Photo by Julia Ewan
Wil Haygood is a prizewinning writer for the Washington Post. A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, he has written five nonfiction books, among them acclaimed biographies of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Sammy Davis Jr., and Sugar Ray Robinson. In 2013 he received the Ella Baker Award from the Zora Neale Hurston–Richard Wright Literary Foundation and received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Haygood resides in Washington, DC, where, in 2008, he first met White House butler Eugene Allen. Haygood is an associate producer of The Butler.
Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels is perhaps best known for his prizewinning film Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire, which received six nominations including best picture, winning in the categories of actress in a supporting role and writing (adapted screenplay). Daniels also produced the Oscar-winning Monster’s Ball and directed Shadowboxer and The Paperboy.
A LSO BY W IL H AYGOOD
Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson
King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.
Two on the River (photographs by Stan Grossfeld)
The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story
We hope you enjoyed reading this Atria Books eBook.
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Copyright © 2013 by Wil Haygood Foreword copyright © 2013 by Lee Daniels
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information, address Atria Books Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.
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Designed by Kyoko Watanabe
Jacket photograph courtesy of The Weinstein Company
Personal photos of the Allen family courtesy of Charles Allen.
Production and set photos from Lee Daniels’ The Butler courtesy of Pamela Williams Productions.
Photograph of President Dwight D. Eisenhower courtesy of Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum.
Photograph of President John F. Kennedy courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.
Photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson courtesy of Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Photograph of President Richard M. Nixon courtesy of Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
Photograph of President Ronald Reagan courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Photograph of President Barack Obama courtesy of The White House.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for.
ISBN 978-1-4767-5299-0
ISBN 978-1-4767-5327-0 (ebook)
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